Walthamstow East (UK Parliament constituency)
Walthamstow East | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Essex |
1918–1974 | |
Replaced by | Walthamstow and Chingford |
Created from | Walthamstow |
Walthamstow East was a parliamentary constituency in what was then the Municipal Borough of Walthamstow in east London. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first-past-the-post voting system.
The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the February 1974 general election, when it was combined with part of the former Walthamstow West to form the new Walthamstow constituency. However, Hale End ward was added to the new Chingford constituency.
Boundaries
1918-1950: The Urban District of Walthamstow wards of Hale End, Hoe Street, and Wood Street.
1950-1974: The Municipal Borough of Walthamstow wards of Hale End, Hoe Street, and Wood Street.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1918 | Sir Stanley Johnson | Unionist | |
1924 | Sir Hamar Greenwood | Constitutionalist | |
1924 | Conservative | ||
1929 | Harry Wallace | Labour | |
1931 | Sir Brograve Beauchamp | Conservative | |
1945 | Harry Wallace | Labour | |
1955 | John Harvey | Conservative | |
1966 | William Robinson | Labour | |
1969 b-e | Michael McNair-Wilson | Conservative | |
Feb 1974 | constituency abolished: see Walthamstow |
Elections
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | 9,992 | 63.3 | N/A | ||
Liberal | Sir John Allsebrook Simon | 5,781 | 36.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 4,211 | 26.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 15,773 | 55.6 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 28,363 | ||||
Unionist win (new seat) | |||||
- endorsed by Coalition Government
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Sir Louis Stanley Johnson | 9,178 | 46.8 | -16.5 | |
Labour | William Bridgland Steer | 6,382 | 32.6 | -5.1 | |
Liberal | Henry Britten Brackenbury | 4,043 | 20.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,796 | 14.2 | -12.4 | ||
Turnout | 19,603 | 67.6 | +12.0 | ||
Registered electors | 29,013 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | -5.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Sir Louis Stanley Johnson | 7,081 | 35.9 | -10.9 | |
Labour | John Gilbert Dale | 6,837 | 34.6 | +2.0 | |
Liberal | Arthur Musgrove Mathews | 5,837 | 29.5 | +8.9 | |
Majority | 244 | 1.3 | -12.9 | ||
Turnout | 19,755 | 67.8 | +0.2 | ||
Registered electors | 29,151 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | -6.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Constitutionalist | Sir Hamar Greenwood | 11,312 | 48.5 | N/A | |
Labour | John Gilbert Dale | 8,246 | 35.4 | +0.8 | |
Liberal | Percy Holt Heffer | 3,745 | 16.1 | -13.4 | |
Majority | 3,066 | 13.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 23,303 | 78.0 | +11.2 | ||
Registered electors | 29,861 | ||||
Constitutionalist gain from Unionist | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Harry Wright Wallace | 11,039 | 39.6 | +4.2 | |
Unionist | Rt Hon. James Fitzalan Hope | 9,665 | 34.7 | -13.8 | |
Liberal | Joseph Samuel Bridges | 7,145 | 25.7 | +9.6 | |
Majority | 1,374 | 4.9 | 18.0 | ||
Turnout | 27,849 | 73.1 | -4.9 | ||
Registered electors | 38,102 | ||||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | +9.0 | |||
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sir Brograve Campbell Beauchamp | 18,815 | 58.8 | +24.1 | |
Labour | Harry Wright Wallace | 9,983 | 31.2 | -8.4 | |
Liberal | Albert Charles Crane | 3,198 | 10.0 | -15.7 | |
Majority | 8,832 | 27.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 31,996 | 76.4 | +3.3 | ||
Registered electors | 41,890 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +16.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sir Brograve Campbell Beauchamp | 16,866 | 54.0 | -4.8 | |
Labour | Harry Wright Wallace | 14,378 | 46.0 | +14.8 | |
Majority | 2,488 | 8.0 | -19.6 | ||
Turnout | 31,244 | 69.0 | -7.4 | ||
Registered electors | 42,258 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -9.8 | |||
Elections in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Harry Wright Wallace | 15,650 | 51.1 | +5.1 | |
Conservative | Herbert Eric Harrison | 9,118 | 29.8 | -24.2 | |
Liberal | Norman Peter Dew | 5,854 | 19.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 6,532 | 21.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 30,622 | 73.5 | +4.5 | ||
Registered electors | 41,676 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +14.65 | |||
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Harry Wright Wallace | 18,478 | 46.97 | -4.13 | |
Conservative | DH Barber | 15,206 | 38.65 | +8.85 | |
Liberal | Irving Frederick Drower | 5,654 | 14.37 | -4.73 | |
Majority | 3,272 | 8.32 | -12.98 | ||
Turnout | 39,338 | 84.41 | +10.91 | ||
Registered electors | 46,603 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -6.49 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Harry Wright Wallace | 19,036 | 47.54 | +0.57 | |
Conservative | John Edgar Harvey | 18,016 | 44.99 | +6.34 | |
Liberal | George E Thornton | 2,185 | 7.03 | -7.34 | |
Independent | William George Boaks | 174 | 0.43 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,020 | 2.55 | -5.77 | ||
Turnout | 40,041 | 85.77 | +1.36 | ||
Registered electors | 46,683 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -2.89 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Edgar Harvey | 16,873 | 46.23 | +1.24 | |
Labour | Harry Wright Wallace | 15,744 | 43.14 | -4.40 | |
Liberal | Norman Henry Cork | 3,882 | 10.64 | +3.61 | |
Majority | 1,129 | 3.09 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 36,499 | 80.81 | -4.96 | ||
Registered electors | 45,169 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +2.82 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Edgar Harvey | 16,622 | 46.82 | +0.59 | |
Labour | Margaret McKay | 13,721 | 38.65 | -4.49 | |
Liberal | Norman Henry Cork | 4,974 | 14.01 | +3.37 | |
Ind. Labour Party | William Henry Christopher | 183 | 0.52 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,901 | 8.17 | +5.08 | ||
Turnout | 35,500 | 80.88 | +0.07 | ||
Registered electors | 43,892 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.54 | |||
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Edgar Harvey | 14,140 | 42.94 | -3.88 | |
Labour | William Oscar James Robinson | 13,745 | 41.74 | +3.09 | |
Liberal | John Ellis | 5,042 | 15.31 | +1.30 | |
Majority | 395 | 1.20 | -6.97 | ||
Turnout | 32,927 | 79.33 | -1.55 | ||
Registered electors | 41,504 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -3.49 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Oscar James Robinson | 15,703 | 47.83 | +6.09 | |
Conservative | John Edgar Harvey | 13,896 | 42.33 | -0.61 | |
Liberal | John Peter James Ellis | 3,229 | 9.84 | -5.47 | |
Majority | 1,807 | 5.50 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 32,828 | 80.11 | +0.78 | ||
Registered electors | 41,504 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +3.35 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Michael Conal McNair-Wilson | 13,158 | 63.15 | +20.82 | |
Labour | Colin Barry Phipps | 7,679 | 36.85 | -10.98 | |
Majority | 5,479 | 26.3 | |||
Turnout | 20,837 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Michael Conal McNair-Wilson | 14,260 | 46.69 | +4.36 | |
Labour | John Edward Tomlinson | 13,732 | 44.97 | -2.86 | |
Liberal | Duncan G Kirkland | 2,547 | 8.34 | -1.50 | |
Majority | 528 | 1.73 | -3.77 | ||
Turnout | 30,539 | 70.86 | -9.25 | ||
Registered electors | 43,099 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +3.61 | |||
References
- ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 265. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- ↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results February 1950". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
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- ↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1951". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
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- ↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1955". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
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- ↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1959". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
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- ↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1964". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
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- ↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1970". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
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- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 1)
- Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 265. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
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